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Bret and JeaNette Smith served as mission president and companion of the Santo Domingo East Mission in the Dominican Republic from 2017 to 2020. They spent 32 months witnessing miracles that had nothing to do with the Covid-19 virus. They retired from their careers, Bret as a General Manager at United Technologies and JeaNette as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, to serve the mission. Bret is currently serving as a bishop of the San Jose, Spanish-speaking ward in Jacksonville, Florida. Jeanette is the author of Side by Side: Supporting a Spouse in Church Service, which she wrote the first time Bret served as a bishop. She is currently working on a novel about missionaries in the Dominican Republic. Bret and JeaNette are the parents of four married children and 12 grandchildren.

Summer Andrus

Native to St. Louis, MO, Summer lives in St. George, Utah with her husband and two sons. She loves being outside (especially at dawn), eating delicious food, going to bookstores, recognizing God’s miracles, and finding wonder in the small things. Writing and reading are long time passions she indulges in as often as possible.

Ashley Quist

Ashley Quist has a love for the written word. With that love for scripture, she has found strength and hope surviving mental illnesses and Crohn’s disease. She is mother to four sweet daughters and wife to her fly fisherman husband, Nate. Ashley loves time in the kitchen and not doing laundry. She soaks up every minute with her girls, and enjoys hiking beautiful trails with Nate, especially with her favorite dogs, Chip and Jojo.

Michelle Wall Eldredge

Michelle Wall Eldredge grew up in northwest Washington. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in elementary education. She has worked as an educator in the classroom and as an administrator for over 28 years. She and her husband have been married for 11 years and are the proud parents of one delightfully smart and sweet redhead. Michelle enjoys spending time with all of her family, reading, and likes to search for home DIY projects that she lovingly requests her husband’s assistance in making a reality. Her family likes to travel and she for sure thinks the celestial kingdom will be a place where the sun is warm, there’s a beautiful beach, Diet Coke—and mountains.

Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith is serving her second term as mayor of Cañon City, Colorado, having served on the city council for four years. Ashley participates on several community boards and committees, has a black belt in women’s self defense, and is a graduate of Brigham Young University. She and her husband, Dr. David Smith, have six children and two grandchildren and enjoy hiking the Colorado mountains.

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Ben Lomu

Ben Lomu is a religious educator for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has been teaching seminary and institute for the past 18 years. He is also an actor and host of BYUtv’s “Come Follow Up”. He was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Mesa Arizona. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah studying sociology and criminology and earned a master’s degree from the University of Phoenix in education. He and his wife, Michelle, have been married for 21 years and are raising four children.

Amber Lewis

I describe myself as a child of God, a disciple of Christ, a child of the covenant, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a mother to five amazing (and sometimes wild) children, an academy graduate, and a military officer. I am perfectly imperfect in every way and I try hard not to worry about how other people might describe me (always working on that). Any articles I write are done in my own free time and are of my own opinion. My writing does not constitute endorsement by any military branch or the Department of Defense.

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